Bad Bunny has another reason to celebrate.

The Puerto Rican superstar scored his first Emmy as his Super Bowl Halftime Show collected seven trophies at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Emmy Awards.

And with a packed evening recognizing television’s performers and behind-the-scenes talent, we’ve rounded up the full Night 1 winners list below.

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Following its nine Emmy nominations, ‘The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny’ converted seven nods into wins on Saturday (September 5).

Its Outstanding Variety Special (Live) victory rewarded Benito as a credited producer and performer, with executive producer Jay-Z also among the recipients.

The production’s additional honors recognized directing, choreography, music direction, sound mixing, lighting, technical direction, and camerawork.

Elsewhere, Octavia Spencer won for narrating ‘Lost Women of Alaska’, while Alan Cumming secured another hosting trophy for ‘The Traitors.’

Sabrina Carpenter was also among the credited winners of ‘The Muppet Show’s’ pre-recorded variety special award.

Check out every category winner from Night 1 below. Further ceremonies take place on September 6 and September 14.

2026 Emmy Awards: Full Night 1 Winners List

Programs and Specials

• Variety Special (Live): ‘The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny’
• Variety Special (Pre-Recorded): ‘The Muppet Show’
• Documentary or Nonfiction Special: ‘My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay’
• Documentary or Nonfiction Series: ‘Mr. Scorsese’
• Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special: ‘Tucci in Italy’
• Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: ‘The Librarians’
• Structured Reality Program: ‘Antiques Roadshow’
• Unstructured Reality Program: ‘Love on the Spectrum’
• Game Show: ‘Jeopardy!’
• Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: ‘Inside the Pitt’
• Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: ‘Colbert Before Air’
• Commercial: ‘I’m Not Remarkable’ (Apple)
• Emerging Media Program: ‘Uncanny Alley: A New Day’
• Innovation in Emerging Media Programming: ‘Crafting Crimes’

Performers and Hosts

• Narrator: Octavia Spencer, ‘Lost Women of Alaska’ (‘The Missing’)
• Reality or Reality Competition Host: Alan Cumming, ‘The Traitors’
• Game Show Host: Jimmy Kimmel, ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
• Short Form Comedy or Drama Performer: Desi Lydic, ‘The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains’

Directing and Writing

• Directing, Variety Special: Hamish Hamilton, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Directing, Variety Series: Yvonne De Mare, ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
• Directing, Documentary/Nonfiction: Mariska Hargitay, ‘My Mom Jayne’
• Directing, Reality: Ben Archard, ‘The Traitors’
• Writing, Variety Special: ‘The Muppet Show’
• Writing, Variety Series: ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
• Writing, Nonfiction: ‘The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize’

Music and Choreography

• Music Direction: Miguel Gandelman, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Choreography, Variety or Reality: Charm La’Donna and Karina Ortiz, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Original Score, Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality: Tyler Strickland, ‘John Candy: I Like Me’

Casting, Design, Costumes, Hair and Makeup

• Casting, Reality: ‘Love on the Spectrum’
• Production Design, Variety or Reality Series: ‘The Traitors’
• Production Design, Variety Special: ‘The Muppet Show’
• Costumes, Variety, Nonfiction or Reality: ‘The Masked Singer’ and ‘The Traitors’ (both awarded)
• Hairstyling, Variety, Nonfiction or Reality: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
• Makeup, Variety, Nonfiction or Reality: ‘Saturday Night Live’ (Host: Bad Bunny)

Cinematography and Picture Editing

• Cinematography, Nonfiction: ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’
• Cinematography, Reality: ‘The Traitors’
• Picture Editing, Variety: ‘The Muppet Show’
• Picture Editing, Variety Segment: ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
• Picture Editing, Nonfiction: ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ (‘Blink Again’)
• Picture Editing, Unstructured Reality: ‘Love on the Spectrum’
• Picture Editing, Structured Reality or Competition: ‘The Traitors’

Sound, Lighting and Camerawork

• Sound Mixing, Variety Series or Special: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Sound Mixing, Reality: ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
• Sound Mixing, Nonfiction: ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’
• Sound Editing, Nonfiction or Reality: ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’
• Lighting Design/Direction, Special: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Lighting Design/Direction, Series: ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
• Technical Direction and Camerawork, Special: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
• Technical Direction and Camerawork, Series: ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

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